Instances Azure VM Standard_EC96as_v5 Standard_EC96as_v5
Standard_EC96as_v5 is an Azure VM size with 96 vCPUs, 672 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $5.424 per hour on demand ($3,959.52 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $4.339 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $1.145 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $3.432 per hour.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan Central India centralindia $3.432 $0.6342 $2.745 $2.059 $2.884 $2.26 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $3.432 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $3.432 – – – – – East US eastus $5.424 $1.145 $4.339 $3.254 $4.572 $3.582 East US 2 eastus2 $5.424 $1.002 $4.339 $3.254 $4.572 $3.582 West US westus $6.048 $1.118 $4.838 $3.629 $5.101 $4.001 North Europe northeurope $6.096 $1.127 $4.877 $3.658 $5.143 $4.197 Central US centralus $6.129 $1.131 $4.339 $3.254 $4.56 $3.555 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $6.346 $1.173 $5.077 $3.807 $5.344 $4.167 UK South uksouth $6.384 $1.18 $5.107 $3.83 $5.383 $4.388 Southeast Asia southeastasia $6.528 $1.206 $5.222 $3.917 $5.50 $4.314 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $6.576 $1.215 $5.261 $3.946 $5.534 $4.345 Italy North italynorth $6.576 $1.215 $5.261 $3.946 $5.548 $4.527 Japan East japaneast $6.576 $1.215 $5.261 $3.946 $5.534 $4.52 West Europe westeurope $6.576 $1.215 $5.261 $3.946 $5.548 $4.527 UAE North uaenorth $6.72 $1.242 $5.376 $4.032 $5.67 $4.626 East Asia eastasia $7.224 $1.335 $5.779 $4.334 $6.095 $4.973 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $7.756 $1.433 $6.205 $4.654 $6.983 $5.484
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $5.424 $4.339 $3.254 Windows $9.84 $8.755 $7.67
Compute Value vCPUs 96 Physical cores 48 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC (Milan) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 672
Networking Value Network 20 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 8
Storage Value Max data disks 32 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 80,000 Max disk throughput (uncached) 1,200 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC96as_v5 Family ECasv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series ecasv5-ecadsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .